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Excellence in Journalism 2015Sept 18-20, 2015 – Orlando

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Upcoming Eventsand Deadlines

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For more than 100 years the Society of Professional Journalists has been dedicated to encouraging a climate in which journalism can be practiced more freely and fully, stimulating high standards and ethical behavior in the practice of journalism and perpetuating a free press.

About the Foundation

Since its founding in 1961, the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation has promoted excellence and ethics in journalism. The SDX Foundation is a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization that supports the educational programs of the Society of Professional Journalists and serves the professional needs of journalists and students pursuing careers in journalism.

Excellence in Journalism 2015Sept 18-20, 2015 – Orlando

Excellence in Journalism is the national journalism conference of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Radio Television Digital News Association. Join us in September in Orlando for training, networking, workshops and more!

Anna Pratt, chairE-mail@annaprattFreelance Directory ProfileBio (click to expand)
As a staff reporter-turned-freelance journalist, Anna Pratt, who lives in Minneapolis, Minn., has ventured into garbage houses, spent the night in a homeless shelter and witnessed a fistfight in a church basement, all for various stories. Her byline has appeared in the Star Tribune, The Line, the Southwest Journal, the Minnesota Independent and several suburban and community papers, web publications and broadcast media in the Twin Cities. Pratt is active with the Society of Professional Journalists' freelance community and she serves as the treasurer for the award-winning Minnesota Pro Chapter of SPJ.

Work has previously appeared: Community Newspaper, National Magazine, Local/Regional Magazine, Trade Magazine, National Television, Online Newsmagazine

OBJECTIVE:
Editorial or Senior Writer position where I can use my 25+ years of business experience and my personal knowledge, in combination with my interviewing, research and story-telling skills to facilitate readership growth.
JOUNRALISM EXPERIENCE:
Current Journalism Featured Article - Developing featured article on modern warfare: “Just War/Legal War in the 21st Century” . Have conducted interviews with 25+ military, international and US law, and foreign service professionals including General Wesley Clark; former attache to Greece, John Brady Kiesling; Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institute; and former UN Security Council ambassador and #3 person in the National Security Council, Nancy Soderburg. Currently writing blog at blogger.com TRD101.
Managing Editor - Global Business Newsletter - Conducted interview with Governor Jesse Ventura about international trade and normalization of trade relations with China. Developed special Y2K and international telecommunications editions. Recruited and hired 25+ new freelance writers.
Featured Columnist, 1998-2000 – Washington/Post/Newsweek News Service - NewsBytes, “Michael Maynard is a wonderful writer”- Managing Editor, 1994-1995 - Community News Syndicate
Featured in three- part feature shown on “The News with Brian Williams” and “NBC Dateline” on Year 2000 bug crisis.
Host/Co-Host, 2002 – “Ask the Business Doctor” - Providence, RI radio
Senior Writer - Executive Excellence
Advisor/Contributing Editor, 2002-2003 - fastest growing daily contemporary life “e-zine”
Contributor/Contributing Editor - 30+ business and trade magazines including Wall Street Journal, CFO Magazine, PC Week, CIO Magazine, and 2 specialized technology management monthly magazines.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
1986 to Current Azimuth Partners, Inc. President and Co-Founder
Co-founder of management consulting organization of senior executives specializing in developing and implementing marketing, sales, and international business programs for high technology manufacturing, software or services companies as interim or program managers. Clients included Cisco Systems, Compaq Computer/Digital Equipment Corporation, Lotus Development Corporation, NorTel, NEC Technologies, and Sun Microsystems